Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Matthews Industries, Inc., 23 2nd Street SW, DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was operating a brake press to flatten a part. The employee reached down to straighten the part, when the pedal was pushed and the machine actuated, resulting in amputation of the right middle, ring, and little fingers at the distal joint.
An employee was walking in an aisle. To move out of the way of forklift traffic, the employee stepped between a metal tub and a storage tank. A forklift bumped the tub, which pinched the employee's leg against the tank. The employee suffered lacerations and fractures to the leg.
An employee was climbing up a two-foot step ladder to unjam the head of a turret machine. The employee missed one of the steps, fell off the ladder, and landed on the floor. He was hospitalized with a broken collar bone and a subdermal hematoma.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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